OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Carex austrocaroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex austrocaroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex austrocaroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-058:

Carex austro-caroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex austro-caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge


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image of Carex austrocaroliniana, South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220419_6925

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Leaves: basal sheaths purple; blades erect, ascending, or decumbent, green, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex austrocaroliniana, South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220419_6927

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Carex austrocaroliniana, South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220419_6929

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Peduncle of lateral pistillate spikes slender, drooping, 8-11cm, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex austrocaroliniana, South Carolina Sedge, Tarheel Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm0507o_26

July    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Widest leaf blade 3-6mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Carex austrocaroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex austrocaroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex austrocaroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-058:
Carex austro-caroliniana   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex austro-caroliniana

 

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1988

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist coves in the sw. mountains of NC and adjacent SC, often with some seepage, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring
Nutlet

 

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